BNN’s latest spin is called in the trade of Spin Doctoring changing the subject. They are trying to change the subject from BNN accusing one journalist and one good Samaritan of financing an alleged drug and alcoholic binge of Lisa; to where is the police report? They are pretending that they never metaphorically kicked Lisa Croslin while she was down on her luck, all for the sake of hits to BNN.

“Where did Lisa Croslin get the money from to buy the drugs? And where did the money for the booze come from?

Lisa herself mentioned two names last night. … One I feel was just trying to be another good (if misguided) Samaritan, the other conjures up more sinister journalistic ambitions.
…Lisa Croslin was at a local emergency facility, drunk, and higher than a kite on Xanax. She was released at some point overnight.
…
While none of this story is likely to come as any big surprise to readers that have been following the Haleigh Cummings case, there are questions that still need to be answered.”

There is nothing to speculate about, here. It is all in black and white. Simon Barrett has, yet, to apologize nor has he officially retracted his statements. There is absolutely no proof for the defamatory assertions of the BNN boys other than the word of a snitch. I was always of the opinion that the person making the assertion has the obligation to supply the proof. But apparently in the dreamworld of the BNN boys, all of above facts do not exist. Nor, did the actions of the BNN boys ever take place.

In her written statement, Kim Picazio, allegedly said it best.

“In my opinion, a person who recently befriends Lisa Croslin at Church, persuades Lisa to confide in her, allows Lisa to believe she is there to help and guide her, then snitches all of Lisa’s personal information to Simon Barrett, is no ‘Good Samaritan’ – that is deceitful, and immoral, in my opinion. This person who Simon calls a ‘Good Samaritan’ was calling him and Jan in the middle of the night from the hallways of the hospital, telling them private information about her ‘friend’? And what is even worse, is Simon either intentionally reported this fabricated headliner of Lisa being drunk and high at the medical center, or he was irresponsible enough not to check the validity of the information. In either instance, he should be ashamed of himself. This story was written in glee by the likes of Simon Barrett, who saw it as a chance to pit his readers against Art, and me, and to take advantage of Lisa Croslin. Whether you like her, or hate her, to lie about her recovery, her personal life, and her medical status, then publicize the same on the internet, is just unconscionable. And Jan can just quit the ‘we wouldn’t stoop so low as to give an addict money’ act – No, Jan, you’d just make sure your snitch called in and reported on Lisa’s every move. Even better – you’d demand ‘answers to questions from Lisa’ (actually, the Good Samaritan – Lisa has never spoken to you or Simon Barrett), in exchange for a call to your readers for assistance for Lisa? The ole’ quid pro quo! Wow – BNN’s just in it ‘for Haleigh’ alright.”

Isn’t anybody else besides Kim “abhorred that any person holding themselves out to be giving its readers factual, investigative information on this case, would use another human being’s misfortunes to score a few points against an enemy. To toss aside a struggling individual’s good faith attempt at becoming clean and sober for the sole purpose of airing a scandalous, detailed account of a relapse into drugs and alcohol, is the height of yellow-journalism. The loyal readers at BNN were misled. They were handed a bag of goods. This fabricated story was obviously written to incite outrage at Simon’s arch nemesis, Art Harris, who was coyly mentioned in the customary cliffhanger punch line at the tail end of the piece. Aren’t we all just exhausted with these snide innuendos that never lead to anything or anyone? Unfortunately, it keeps the loyal BNN reader hitting that website, … It’s like preying on good people’s thirst for honest information – and keeping their pallet just wet enough to keep them coming back for more. More of what, is the question.”

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John – I am absolutely abhorred by Jan & Simon and their trusty little sidekicks. They fabricate stuff and then just walk away like nothing happened or worse – they try to make THEMSELVES the victims.

Dave Knechel posted a picture of a man dressed as a woman that he found on a swingers website, claimed it was linked to Terry Horman’s facebook account and said the picture was of Kaine Horma, father of missing Kyron Horman. After a couple of days and pressure he removed the picture but not the offending post.

He has to this day not issued a retraction or an apology and the fact that to this day he has not written another word about Kyron Horma suggests that a higher power ( Kaine Horman’s attorney perhaps?) told him to cease & desist.

Another great article, it’s about time people stood up to internet fame seekers who will say or write anything to grab a commenter. These people should be held accountable for what they do in their pathetic quest to be somebody. Kaine Hormans case jumps out at me from another member of the distinguished panel at Simons. You obviously are the people you keep company with. An attorney shut him up too.

It is amazing to me how anyone who posts a comment on BNN that is not in total agreement with him is promptly deleted and the poster is banned.

I asked why he feels the need for a police report now, but did not require proof prior to printing the article about Lisa. Printing a story about a person crashing and burning is heartless, even if it were true there is no reason to do that except to get hits on the site.

BNN is a classic case of hypocrisies on every level: with their “show” as well as their “blog”. If you disagree with their editorials then you are banned, and ridiculed. Question their intent on the radio show or one of their expert panel and you will be treated to public humiliation, as you John experienced. After so long of playing the “no rules we are BNN big bullies” how can they cry poor victim now for themselves? Make it an even playing field, BNN, you don’t do so well on the challengers field… just cave and whine like a little sissy… seem to lose all that bravado you treat others with when you have the home field advantage. How immature and pathetic double standards.

Jan posted today that she has received e-mails and comments which she claims she caught in moderation that tell her she needs a makeover. She said she has been told she needs to lose weight and get a haircut.

It is OK for Simon to say what he wants to about Lisa and everyone else so it should be OK for the posters to comment on her lack of personal grooming. IMO

Anyone who puts theirself “out there” for public consumption should have skin thick enough to handle the criticism. It is just a plain simple fact that not everyone is going to like you. It comes with the territory.

john i always read your site. make sure you put in the article about them making money off their site. i was just there reading and people say they dont make money. its wrong, they dont charge people, but they make money off that site.

I am anxiously waitng for THAT read! I am so glad I found this site. You have actually accomplished something in this battle over irresponsible fame whores . I hope the backlash continues for Simon and his gorgeous wife, and of course, his illustrious panel.

Marcie, commenting @ BNN is like commenting @ Dave Knechels. If you don’t goose step to THEIR tune, you are banned. In Knechelland, you also get called all kinds of filthy names and have vile post made up about you.

I’m very happy to come across your blog, John! It is long overdue that these bloggers are exposed. It’s never nice to kick someone when they’re down, especially when they have zero proof, other than what their “source” told them. It reminds me of a Dave Knechel post, which published a picture of a cross dresser & implied it was someone who’s child is still missing. It’s all very sad and irresponsible.
I will be checking back to read your exclusive. Thanks again.

Dear John, I for one appreciate all of your hard work. I have passed on your site to many who now also enjoy your straightforward reporting. Providing the truth in light of those who do not is a public service to the internet community at large. And for the record, I knew you would be the one to get to the bottom of this latest debacle of BNN’s. Can you give us an idea of how long we will have to wait for the dessert that is best served cold?

Totally agree with you. The worse thing about that Kaine Horman post, is that dave insinuated that Kaines “alternative lifestyle” could have been the reason his child is missing. This when the poor man is going through pure hell. It was rapidly dealt with, and you don’t see a post about that case from his greasy fingers anymore. This is what I respect with Mr. Ghode. He is dealing with a similarly slimy attention/money seeker, and he is making headway. How do these people sleep at night?

Bobwowwalters, IIRC, when Dave retracted the photo, he wrote that he “stood by his source” eventhough professionals had told him that was NOT Kaine Horman. Sounds rather familiar that Simon & Jan are also “sticking by their source”. Once these false accusations are posted on the internet, they live on forever. It is no wonder that Mr. Knechel in on Simon’s panel. I hope with John’s upcoming exclusive that Simon & Jan stop their BS show forever. One can hope, anyway!

Elena – I think the professionals that advised him that it was not Kaine Horman were probably Mr Horman’s attorneys. He has not written one word about the Horman case since.

Can you say “cease & desist” order?

This post/picture cam from a man who made a video about JB Park and filmed a ladies room toilet while claiming that Park Security told him that was the very toilet Caylee Anthony peed in. He seems to think the uproar is that he was filming in a bathroom rather than the content of the video. Just shows you how “off” this man is on everything.

Let’s not forget that he equated the word “courting” in the defense motion to recuse JS with Bill Clinton & Monica Lewinsky and the infamous bj in the oval office.

The bathroom sequence definitely makes Dave Knechel, a nut job, IMHO. His total lack of judgement as evidenced by his editing of this video makes him a prime choice to join the Barretts on Blog Talk Radio. Dave’s brain must be marinaded?

curioser, I didn’t know that! I originally saw the picture of the crossdresser because it was mentioned @Kyron’s blog. Since then, I’ve read at his site but other than retracting the photo, he continued stand by his “source”. Unbelievable, imo. I wasnt surprised more articles about Kyron weren’t posted since he is VERY behind in the events surrounding the Caylee case. I have not seen that video but will search. I wonder why the Barretts never bring up the Kyron case and ask Dave about that post. Oh well, off to look around.

I had read about this video but had not seen it. I find it very disturbing. This man is an expert on what exactly? What qualification does Knechel or Simon have that they should be inserting themselves into active criminal cases?
I have been to JBP there are no security guards there, if there were I doubt a grown man would have been able to enter the ladiesroom with a camera.

Simon & Jan lost whatever little credibility they might have had when Dave Knechel joined the castof characters. That was it for me. I’m looking forward to your next article. Good to see you on the case and the search for the truth. You can count me in as one of your new fans.

Oh my! Where would adding where a murdered child went to the bathroom be of relevance? It’s the 1st I’ve seen this video, and I cannot understand the meaning? I am overcome with ugly thoughts of “why” this was added. Is there a problem with him?

Again, for Simon & Jan to have this “person” on their panel speaks volumes of BNN’s journalism? (English is my second language, so please, forgive.) In other words, I never knew this man to be so dirty. Thank you Curiouser.

I’ve been reading here for awhile but not commenting but I can’t help but wonder wtf you are writing about Simon and Jan?! They are no longer going to write about Haleigh? And announced on the same day that you said you were writing a very interesting article about Simon and Jan?

Damn, I am impressed at the speed in which you were able to close up their so-called helping others site. Just what is it you are writing that has them tucking their heads between their tales?!

Haleigh Cummings – I Have Had Enough
Posted on August 31st, 2010
by Simon Barrett in All News, Op-ed
Read 690 times.

I have given this some considerable thought. When push comes to shove, I really don’t give a damn what is thrown at me, I do however get very concerned when people start picking on my wife. As a result I have decided to stop reporting on the Haleigh Cummings case. It has become such a polarized case that it does not matter what is reported, some idiot will still attack us. If we earned the big bucks that people accuse us of, I might shrug it off. However this case represents no revenue and just a whole lot of aggravation.

Will we still get to read your expose? If you’ve now changed your mind about posting it, I would be willing to start a “Bring Simon & Jan Back Crusade” to help persuade you to post your expose!

LMAO! Seriously, you wouldn’t do that to us would you? And will you be taking nominations on any possible future exposes you’d consider writing? I know of someone that a couple hundred people would give their first born to read. Ok, maybe not their first born child but at least their second born. Are you looking to adopt?!

I just love your site and its refreshing honesty! Honesty sunk BNNs ship using their own words!

For the time being, I think it would be best to leave it as a “threat” to the BNN boys in draft format. It will be available to me to deploy the first time, that they start dumping on AH, KP, and perhaps Levi. :)

It is NOT the subject of Haleigh Cummings that is the problem, but rather their persistent use of sideshows, their holier-than-thou attitude, and their never ending attacks on AH, KP, among others. I want to see what happens on their next Sunday broadcast. I will comment more on the expose in a week or so.

I look forward to reading your next post then. And when I said “Honesty sunk BNNs ship”, I should have b made myself more clear.

Imo, their denials of going out of their way to trash others, with unconfirmed info, and their denials of loving the side shows surrounding the Haleigh case were nothing more than lies. They continued to post about such, all while denying their true intentions of trashing others but their true intentions came through clearly, as they continued to post the side shows.

Their honesty about loving the circus atmosphere ran a lot or people off.

BNN ran the rest off when they began having Marinade Dave on their show. He can deny all he wants but MD is sexist and the proof is everywhere. I know because I was a victim of his hateful sexism several months ago. He is a liar if he denies it. If I was falsely calling MD a lying sexist, he could file a lawsuit against me for what I just wrote. But he can’t because what I’m saying is the truth. No man, with a history of vulgar, sexist, name-calling should be given a platform to speak. It is an insult to his victims.

Sorry to ramble, John. But I’m still angry and in disbelief that MD has been allowed to openly treat women like this and get away with it. That’s the kind of person Simon has on his show and its sickening!

Simon thinks way too much of himself! He needs to stop writing period. he also needs to do something about the radio show. TJ is about to loose his job, Cobra won’t have anything to talk about which will leave more time to talk to MD. What a show that’s gonna be!

It was all fine and good when Simon was constantly dogging out Art and others. Now,someone has said something he doesn’t like he is going to quit.
Not just quit either. He is quitting on a poor innocent child. Good thing peoople like Art ands TJ and others didn’t do the same when peoople talked about them.
Besides,Simon is not a journalist he is a everyday blogger who thinks he is someone. Who has a show and hangs up on his callers and insults people on his show. He is not able to write one article without bringing Art Harris in it or KP.
I wonder how Jan felt about him being so obsessed with them two?
His show has not been about Haleigh in months anyway.
He has been the circus and side show he loves to talk about.
Even in his wrap up he would have something ugly to say.
I say good riddance.

John you must be a miracle worker! I don’t buy for one minute that Simon is not going to write about the Cummings case because someone called Jan a name. This is Simon’s way of exiting the Lisa Croslin issue without having to own up for what he wrote! Blame it on Jan…that’s pretty poor.

Also, had to say that I totally agree with you on Jan. I was listening to their show once and heard her spout some complete rubbish on Crystal based all on her “gut” feelings. It is people like Jan, Simon and Dave who are able to run free on the internet to spew unsubstantiated and sometime vicious lies about victims of crime, who give bloggers a bad name.

When they portray themselves to the public as “journalists” with no education and little ability, you know the outcome is not going to be good.

The looks of Jan Barrett really should NOT be an issue at all. Her picture has been available on BNN for a very long time.http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jan-barrett
Jan’s looks really have NOT changed very much.

Also that page has a very interesting comment about them running BNN. So what was that about them NOT making any money off of Haleigh?

Simon and Jan have made an issue out of almost every one of the cast of characters they write about in the Haleigh case. Even Great Granma Flo Hollers. But when the shoe is on the other foot they call it vicious attacks? Whats good for the goose is good for the gander. They should just be grateful that these attacks are only in print as opposed to the forums of print and radio that they use to attack the looks of even the most ancillary characters associated with the Haleigh case.

These people post their pictures on the internet and then complain that someone saw them? LMAO

Then threaten to sue people for posting them? LMAO

Knechel whined to Blink On Crime when she posted his picture during the Judge Strickland recusal mess and wanted her to take his picture down too. This after he was interviewed on TV, had his picture in the OS and generally made a fool of himself.

Nutjob doesn’t begin to describe him or the Barretts.

Knechel also wrote on his blog that he was going to get Cobra to “investigate” other bloggers who gave him the stink eye LMAO

Someone posting as “Gary” thinks 99.9% of the population support Simon. Does he/she not realize that a vast majority of the population do not visit BNN?

Gary
September 1st, 2010 at 10:37 am
For crying out loud get over it. I just updated myself on what is going on and
this is just plain stupid. Who cares about what a few people say or do when you have 99.9% of the populatiion behind you. To be honest with you I just want to hear about Haleigh and give two hoots about all the other bull. Ya let that .1% win and stop putting this precious little girls name out there. Are you serious? Sorry about what is being said, but talk is cheap. Get on with finding Haleigh and getting her name out there. If we all stopped what we were doing just because some idiot said things we did’nt like we all would be in serios trouble. Let it go and forget about them losers

More words from Jan from her members forum or whatever- her cult forum

I just want you all to know that I am not giving up. I might not have any news about Haleigh but that won’t stop me from writing an article every week or so or more just to keep her name out there if I can.

The comments will stay open unless we are flooded with hateful comments.

I wanted to leave this hear to make those that read BNN and love attacking us to think they have won. BNN will not stop reporting on missing persons, adults or child. I wish I could cover them all but I am only one person so I will do what I can.

Please don’t be too hard on Simon for making this decision. I was totally shocked when he told me to read what he published. This is not something that was easy for him to write. He has just had enough of the hateful, evil, selfish and rude people out there. He just has had enough of all the BS we get from all these people. If I had one shred of evidence or two or three, to prove where all these trouble makers are, I would expose the one responsible for it so fast but I have none unfortunately.

The mainstream media wasn’t interested in the case once all the breaking news died down. When bigger news broke out they dropped Haleigh’s case for weeks. But the minute those kids went to jail, suddenly certain reporters were right on it and claiming to have been following this case from the beginning and we all know they were maybe but not everyday. It was only if they didn’t have anything else to report on at the time. They used Haleigh as a fillin for their programs or their websites.

I am sure you all will agree we never did that. We carried her name more than anyone else did and other than two or three Sundays we always kept her name on our Radio Program. I guess they want everyone to believe we were competing there too. I almost choked when someone wrote that in a comment that went into moderation. Simon started his program for all the right reasons and he was a success on it as well. We didn’t always need all these famous people on there to get our readers and friends to listen to our program.

So I will do my best to keep some articles going if you all want to still comment on them like you have been doing. If not you are welcome to stay in here as well. But please don’t be mad at Simon for this.

My prayers will always be with Haleigh and all the others and I am sure I will be writing about other cases as well if anyone is interested. Like Haleigh’s name, we think it is important to get anyone’s name out in the public that is missing to try and get them home.

and THEY are fine? How about the bashing they do of the looks in the Croslin family? Do Simon and Jan need counceling and a shrink? I would think that knowing you aren’t so hot to look at you would not call attention to others looks.

John Gohde, Why do you find it necessary to fall into the fray of the likes of these kind of comments. It is a great disappointment when one after the other good bloggers allow the personal hatreds of others to be a focus of their effort. joo

Just because I have yet to moderate comments does NOT mean that I wont eventually. Actually, I just banned Asshat. I have in fact banned a number of people, such as SB. On this Blog being banned only means that ALL your comments are moderated. Just got too many comments to deal with, and too many better things to do at the moment.

Everyone one should play nice. Otherwise, you might end up having all your comments moderated, edited, and/or deleted.

UPDATE: I just finished my first pass on moderating the comments on this post. I deleted a bunch, and edited a few. Overall, most of the comments are still here.

I respect your advise John Gohde, it is just a surprise when people
do the same thing they criticize, in other words throw hate around on someone who has not done one thing or even knows the person who is throwing it around about them. If I don’t know you personally then what do I know, that I should direct hatred toward you. (or them, or anyone) it’s the “gang thang” people need to do to someone and not deal with their own individual issue with their object of of despise. joo out.

Observer
If a large group of listeners from Simons audience are not happy with what he is posting does that make it a gang thing? If Simon would allow his liteners to post without being bashed he may have found this out.
After reading more on Simons guests I have even more questions. Pleas note (I) indicates no gang affiliation.

Mofogo, people should always face what they do to themselves. Observer is thought to be a Snoopy? That is an untrue accusation.
I didn’t do it to myself. Another person started it in hope of gathering like thinkers. Why, because some “one” does not like some Snoopy and wants others to do some harm for them. People get used like that alllll ttthe timme. I read where someone wrote “God Bless You” to a group that are trying to bring harm to another or did I read it wrong, maybe it meant “God Bless You” to save the person they are trying to harm, could I have misunderstood? joo

I have no idea what all of this means. But I do know that people that post items as “news” should check the story out. If what you put out there is inaccurate, then how is it news? It is not, at this point it is gossip. If the story is incorrect then why not just retract it and move on?

There is just something about being able to nit pick on how someone appears that makes society feel better about itself. A type of bullying without laying a hand on. Can we assume this very kind of discrimination can lead those less fortunate to become criminal having gained a “what the hell is the difference” damned if I do and damned if I don’t attitude. joo

Remember the Star Wars Trilogy? The first segment was actually the “end” of the story. Here is a taste of the “end” of one of the many exciting plots whipped up behind the scenes.

Sorry folks, but none of you got the pleasure of watching this stuff, nor were you even invited to buy a ticket. Only Special People were asked to “pay” for things…basic things, ya see – things most people shouldn’t have to “pay for” in life to keep. Examples? Let’s see now…their family, their loyalty, their marriage, their children’s privacy, their honor, their reputation, their futures, their family’s livelihood, their peace, their sanity, their true love. I call this segment of the Trilogy, “Extortion: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Haleigh Cummings Case”.

And no, these guys are not “only in this for Haleigh”. Don’t believe that for a moment, folks, cause you haven’t been allowed to see what’s really been going on behind the iron curtain all this time. That’s where the true faces of your favorite BNN heroes lurk. It is ugly stuff indeed {shudder}. Those heroes, some unsung, others right there before your very eyes, were, and remain, involved in these hideous plots. These BNN heroes must realize that the “beginning” and “middle” pieces of several of the most infamous Trilogies are readily available for display.

There are some very naughty Boys involved in this Trilogy who like to make the Girls cry. Remember Boys? I’ve got a lot of stories to tell, too. But mine always come with back-up.

——-Original Message——-

From: Simon Barrett
Date: 11/21/09 17:12:50
To: Cobra
Subject: Emails

Ok, I have gone through this eight ways to sunday. Yes they are entertaining. But there is no smoking gun. I will keep KP out of it, I want the truthteller stuff.

In fact, today was actually quite fortunate, it has narrowed down the trusted quite a lot.

I’m not much on Star Wars but I think you’ve convinced me to sit back-n-watch! Since when does Simon need a smoking gun? Heck, he’ll settle for water pistol for a few site hits.

Somehow I missed reading your post until just now- it’s kind of lost in all the day-old + responses. You might want to repost this so it will show up and the end of the comments. Glad I got to read it though and it would be a shame for others to miss out on their opportunity to read this gem!

John…tried to post at BNN but still won’t let me in. I tried to relay about having tough skin to be a blogger or blog owner. You talking about moderation is already too much work for me. Back to Simon & Jan, they control the articles, the blog comments even the chat during the radio show as well as cutting off callers they don’t like. Bottom line; They don’t want to atone for the wrong they have done. They instead blame it on someone calling Jan a name. I hope Lisa sues.

Is there an attorney to sue for Lisa to get paid only if she gets money out of Simon and Jan? There are a lot of suits that could go down for ridicule and defamation of character back and forth all over the place.
Putting blame on someone calling Jan a name, that is such a familiar ring. I don’t think Lisa would do herself favor to sue. As one brings things on themselves, they certainly should atone. Where should they start to accomplish that?

Why does it have to be about money? American or Canadian?
It has to do with shutting down people that spew lies without the docs to prove it. I guess this brings us full circle to what the article was about if you read it. People like Simon have to be held accountable for what they print. No different than the Marinades and Hyatts of the net that lie and then take down the articles or pictures they post. There are new laws that will be passed in the coming years. The Internet is still in it’s infancy. In the mean time it will be mass mailing like the old days.
Now the money…..if the Simon and Marinades of the world had a real job, let’s let it go at that. Currently attorneys will not proffer the kind litigation involved with the aforementioned deadbeats.

Exactly, this is the issue that has so many people upset, there are too many so called journalist disiminating misleading information and even outright lies and until recently, there has been very little response. Now, there is more than one site interested in calling them out for it.

I agree with with you that litigation isn’t likely due to the fact that damages would never be collected. As long as these so called professionals believe they can defame with impunity, they will continue, so other blogs calling them out is the only recourse at this time.

———————-
One trouble with being a mental giant like Simon is the inability to remember from one day to the next what you’ve said. Notice the opening sentence and paragraph from this rocket scientist last year……..
———————-
Posted on April 23rd, 2009
by Simon Barrett .

I am going to upstage Nancy Grace’s “Bombshell”. We here at Blogger News are working on the “Atomic Bombshell”! I can not share details at this time, but if the information we have received is accurate, this will have the entire Anthony family, Jose Baez and his seven dwarfs, reaching for the bottle of Tums!

John~~ I just read on another blog that I am in here under the name Observer. Would you please check my IP # and tell all these nice people that I am not using that name, especially a commenter named damagdpets who insists that I am? TIA

I am so glad to see BNN come to an end. The Cobra Circus is leaving town! I suppose Cobra will have to run back to TH now so he’ll still have a place to vomit his garbage. Simon and Jan have made fun of people, tried to publicly humilate innocent people, they’ve laughed while Cobra’s gone off on his vile rants while inviting more. HaLeigh? Really? It was all about her? Do tell…

It hasn’t ended. He just took it to the forum. He’s got his posters looking up foreclosure listings. Guess he figures he won’t be liable if his posters do his dirty work. He still doesn’t get it…no one cares about KP or Art’s personal life but him. He’s been pushing it for over a year..a little obsessed. IIRC he posted the Bar complaint as well. Looks like karma is about to bite him in the ass.

Simon is a dumb ass. Does anyone over there realize KP’s family owns a lot of property around South Fla? If she’s letting a few go, prolly a business decision. Family was into developing and hotels/motels – always has been. She was a rich kid as per my sources who know her personally. And as for AH, he was dropped as a defendant in that Texas suit Simon loves to whisper about. The fact that ANS’ greedy mother has no choice but to sue BusyStreet is laughable. Of course, Simon and Cobra don’t understand this, though. They’d lose juicy gossip if they told everything in context.

Simon Barrett seems to think that nobody should be allowed to make money doing anything. There has always been wealthy people. And wealthy people often do pro bono work precisely because they feel guilty about being born wealthy. There is money to be made in Real Estate and especially foreclosures. I recently got my own piece of the foreclosure action. What is the BNN boys problem?

One last thing: Simon Barrett let the world know what kind of man he is and how low his integrity level is when he invited David Knechel on his radio program, week after week. It is fact that Knechel has cruel to many people by his repulsive and vulgar words and actions. Dave Knechel is a cyber-bully and there IS proof. I was one of his victims. Simon Barrett was given that proof by numerous people and he chose to ignore it and continued to have Dave Knechel on his program.

I’d also like to know why Peter Hyatt, as an investigates allegations of abuse for his state, would tolerate being a guest alongside a known abuser. How would Simon & Peter like it if Dave Knechel falsely labeled their wives as sex offenders and put their names and fake SO information on the internet as he did to someone several months ago? Or if Knechel created web pages about Simon and Peter or their wives, for the sole purpose of calling people cruel names, as Dave Knechel has done on more than one occasion.

Would Simon still allow Knechel on his program is if he called his wife, Jan, a “whore” or “ragging bitch” as Dave has done to others? Would Peter Hyatt still be a co-guest with Dave Knechel if he called Mrs. Hyatt a “lying slut” or a “hormonal bitch” as he has done to other women? I would love a response from Simon Barrett and Peter Hyatt. My question was asked in an appropriate and nice manner and deserves to be answered.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. – Alan Simpson

The BNN boys restricting their gossip garbage to a private forum is actually a good idea. At least that way, Google wont be classifying it as news. My Internet searches wont be picking up BNN trash as long they keep their crap private.

John, Restriction to a private forum is a double edge sword. They won’t be classified as news but Simon may start putting out orders to his minions in the middle of the night to do his dirty work. There is another associated blogger that does this weekly if not daily. There is an old saying that comes into play “careful what you wish for”. It’s amazing the bad things that can be accomplished when the public is taken out of the equation.
I hope that people like Art and Levi have eyes in the back of their head and have tough skin.

I really think you give Simon more credit than he or his “minions” deserve. What could they possibly do to hurt anyone that has an ounce of a brain? A bit paranoid? Sorry not trying to be rude (maybe I am too slow to get it) but why would you be worried about “Simple Simon and what he says “in his chat?

Hi Pat, I agree 100%. Simon is manipulative enough to get those who post on his site to do his dirty work. My guess is he is going to be walking a fine line for a while to keep John from posting whatever it is he has on Simon.

when JS was recused in the Anthony case the blogger in question published the name and phone number of the PI who interviewed him and invited his readers to call and verbally harass the man for doing his job.

seeing as the blogger provided the interview VOLUNTARILY to the PI it was beyond ridiculous

several of his commenters then bragged about calling the man and ripping in to him for having done his job.

I enjoyed the article very much. Good comments also for the most part. Simon’s show was full of innuendo and very little REAL news. It seemed he fell into the trap most pseudo-journalists fall into of using sensationalism and statements not backed up with facts as news. His so called experts were hardly experts in anything. I found the show sickening to listen to and generally thought that anyone who followed eith the Caylee or Haleigh case knew more about them than the so called experts.

Posted at RadioNewz by a poster named Ger. Simon Barrett claims he had a question and answer form completed by Lisa Croslin. Sounds like he made it up.

Speaking of which…
I asked LC about a list of questions sent to her via email from …well we know from where. I got this confused look, seriously …She’s not been around a computer in a long time. Chelsea doesn’t have one, nor internet access, but she goes to her mom’s I believe is what LC told me…to do what she must on occasion. Anyway… I briefly described what happened and that a response supposedly from her, again in email was put on the internet… She just shook her head and went…no, no…that never happened. LOL She asked me what the questions/answers were and ya know, I laughed and told her I had no earthly idea…couldn’t remember, so it must not have been earth shattering! LOL

KP says that Lisa has never spoken with Simon. I rather doubt if Lisa has ever been on a computer. Misty has/had at one time a spacebook account. Just cannot see homeless Lisa going to the Library in order to read Simon’s trash. Can Lisa even read at all?

No Lisa cannot read! Her husband was in an interview on a local tv stataion sometime ago lamenting that their probation did not allow them to travel out of the immediate area. This was after the Wallmart purse stealing incident. And Hank Sr. said that he and Lisa could not find jobs locally. Hank was just about in tears as he admitted his wife could not even get a job as a waitress because she is illiterate. So how in the heck is she responding to Simon’s interrogatories via email? Or reading his blog as he has claimed? Liar liar pants on fire!

If you don’t like Simon and Jan, why go read their forum? Kim’s foreclosures are public records. Are they relevant, no. Neither is half the other things reported in this case that people have sleuthed.

I don’t know if Simon and Jan lied. If they did I hope they apologize. I hope that there will be someone covering her case once all these drug sentences are handed down. Haleigh deserves to have us remember her until she is found and brought home.

I don’t read their forum, I never have. I didn’t say I read it either. This is about Art? You must be Simon’s sidekick. Just sayin..LOL
Art & Simon aren’t even in the same class. Art didn’t play the game, he wasn’t intimidated. How about producing that tape of Misty telling Ron “he’s on to us…”? Talk about hypocritical…back up some of what’s “reported” at BNN.
I’d back up Art any day of the week over Simon. He was the only one that refused to lie & sling mud, he walked away. Threats, extortion? I think Trinity’s on to something.
No one has the right to humiliate & slander, hiding behind the excuse “Reporting a story.”

Number one, Simon’s trash is erroneously classified as news by Google.

Number two, any fool knows that the various Blogs are divided up into different camps. This Blogs happens to be an Anti-Simon / BNN Blog. Why? Simon Barrett, personally did me dirty. :(

Number three, some people do NOT like to see anyone (even the homeless, drug addicts, and the criminally minded) be unfairly lied about, and kicked around when they are down on their luck.

Number four, people are tired of seeing Simon Barrett constantly dump on Art Harris on BNN. Enough is enough. Time for Simon to get over it. (My dumping is done ONLY periodically. Simon Barrett does it constantly.)

Number five, people are tired of Simon’s sideshows.

If you don’t want to see Simon and Jan be fairly criticized, THEN why are you here, HYPOCRITE?

John I’m trying to get this to you so you can see this crazy KP fan. It was posted at BNN today and I don’t know if its a joke or for real.

sendcashnow.wordpress.com

MY IDOL
Posted on September 1, 2010 by sendcashnow
Many times over the last week I found myself choked up when I read about the selfless generosity of a certain lawyer from Ft. Lauderdale. Her charity knows no bounds and I admit I have become a fervent fan of the strawberry blond spitfire. Her remarkable ability to pull people together in the name of helping a poor drug addict whose adult children are the prime suspects in the murder of a five year old child in spite of that woman’s propensity to steal from stores, friends, neighbors and family has been heartrending to watch.

And to think that just a little more then a year ago that lawyer lady was representing the mother of the little girl that might have been murdered and was working very hard to put this drug addicts daughter in jail. I get very upset when people say that the lawyer lady’s only helping the druggie momma to be spiteful to the dead little girl’s mother. A good lawyer would never do that and by gosh, she is a very very good lawyer. I defend her all the time when people say she is acting without ethics and has loss the respect of her contemporaries in the legal profession. I scream in protest when people question her sanity. I stand up for her when her critics convene for happy hour near the courthouse and make fun of her middle of the night posts. They say she needs to stay off the computer when she is intoxicated. I tell them that if she did that we would not have very many chances to hear her words of wisdom and we need those from her because she is so smart. Sometimes when a person lets there guard down their most primitive thoughts come out. A woman with her level of genius must share those primordial thoughts with the world. The world needs to hear them.

Thanks to that lady lawyer my life has changed. I don’t have a pot to piss in so I cant afford to go to law school but I found a correspondence course to become a legal assistant. I’m going to work as hard as I can to get the best grades so she will let me volunteer to work with her. I also try to be like her in other ways. I’ve took up skateboarding. I have a new appreciation for hip hop music and I love to go dancing. I even bought a hat that I call my lawyers hat. These things make me feel closer to my idol. Since she likes to buy people clothes from the dollar store, I have started getting things there. I bring them home and put them in a gift bag or gift box and leave them on my bed. Then I drink wine and eat cheese its while I blog until the wee hours of the morning. When I finally stagger into bed, the wine helps me forget that I bought those dollar store clothes for myself and I read the the kind words on the heart shaped card in the gifts and am convinced that the lawyer lady is as fond of me as I am of her and I fall asleep cocooned in the warmth of a polyester night shirt or thin white wife beater tank top that I imagine still smells of that lawyer lady I admire so much. Passing out I mean falling asleep with such pleasant thoughts makes my hangover easier to endure in the morning because I feel so good when I wake up. Well except when I vomit all over the clothes I like to imagine the lawyer lady bought for me. That kind of wrecks my day but when that happens I pick myself up by my bootstraps and I make myself feel better by throwing darts at my pictures of Cobra and Simon Barrett. On more difficult days I take the special bowling pins that I handpainted to resemble pirates and I visit my local bowling alley. Hurling a 12 lb ball at those figures always improves my outlook and makes me feel closer to my icon.

I don’t want to be accused of stalking so I have never been near the lawyer lady. Ive been tempted to drive to the sunshine state to steal a bag of her trash so I can touch some things that have touched her but I don’t know for sure when her time of the month is and it would be a wasted trip if I missed that bounty. Since for now and until I get my legal assistant certificate I don’t have a reason to ask for a job, I have settled for learning everything I can about her so I can keep trying to be more and more like her. Florida has sunshine laws and those have been super helpful in my quest to be as much like the lawyer lady as I can. Some people might think I am in love with her but I am not a lezzy. Not that theres anything wrong with that but I definitely like outies not innies. I admit I have a very deep admiration and attraction to her altruism and intellect but I don’t want to sleep with her or anything. Well not in a sexual way anyway but a slumber party where we drink wine, share cheese its, dance to hip hop, and invent several internet personalities together to bring down our enemies would probably be the best night of my life!!!

I learned some things that make me very sad. I cant talk about them right now but I am formulating a plan that will turn my frown upside down. Check back later. I have an appointment to get my hair dyed that special shade of brassy reddish blondish. My normal salon told me they can’t duplicate that color and told me to try Hair Cuttery or Fantastic Sams. Since they don’t take appointments I don’t know how long I’ll be.

I wasn’t finished, but I think it was fabricated because judging by the letter Lisa Croslin wrote to thank them for all of their help it does not appear that she wrote the answers to Simon’s quesitons.

This may or may not be the poster who wrote the crazy fan KP letter. I think it was probably worked on by a group of the old BNN hags who don’t have a life. On several occasions it has been mentioned on BNN that KP has come on to converse with them, which could have been anyone but they really think they are very important and the only thing keeping PCSO on HaLeigh’s case. One even posted that without Simon the whole crew would be free on the drug charges.

The only way for Simon Barrett to save face was to ask for the police report, offer no retraction, and abdicate. His followers are currently leaving messages of much-needed praise for Simon, telling him how great he and his website are and how evil John and KP are. This leaves the door wide open for Simon Barrett to, at any time, be able to say, “I’ve changed my mind about quitting because of my followers saying how much they, and Haleigh, need me.”

Simon quit because John’s blog entry let the world know what Simon, himself, already knew: When there was no activity on the Haleigh Cumming’s case, Simon Barrett stooped to posting gossip and innuendo because he needed to continue feeling essential, coveted, respected, and successful. Being a webmaster and writer at BNN boosted the self-esteem of a man who never thought highly of himself or his capabilities. Simon probably believed those around him didn’t think much of him, either. With BNN, people were on a for his latest entry about Haleigh, praised him for his work, and gave their approval by religiously returning to BNN. By avoiding other websites, Simon and Jan allowed themselves to live in a self-imposed BNN bubble; where “BNN pets” let compliments flow off their tongue like they’d waited their entire lives to say them and where the praise flowed like dessert wine. One loyal pet deviously posted the most scathing portions of John’s blog entry on BNN’s own site, under the facade of “I only posted it here at BNN because people were going to hear about it anyway.” Sure you did. She was loving the tit-for-tat and self-servingly posted John’s words so she could gossip about it. Lol! I imagine her words of praise to BNN & Co. were just slick, highly-disguised sucker-punches and upper-cuts! The twisted praise from her would flow– but not so much like dessert wine– hers flow more like putrid pus from an oozing, infected wound. Lmao! Her sucker-puch full of praise would look something like posting this on BNN:

“Wow! Simon, you are ‘so’ famous and ‘so’ liked by another webmaster, that YOU are the topic of their website! But, it says Simon is a spin doctor and I don’t know what that means. Do any the other fine posters here know what that means? It also says Simon posts entries full of lies and rumor instead of facts. But anyway, congratulations to you Simon!”

Taking the cowardly whoa-is-me “You hurt my feelings and I’m not even going to dignify that with an answer” approach to their problems, I am fairly certain of one thing: Making your public blog a private-members-only blog is the last step into irrelevance. Jan and Simon are no longer relevant. The faithful few may be sustaining them for now, but sooner or later someone’s gonna hang the dreaded “Do Not Rescusitate” sign on their virtual ICU blogeshere door and that will be that.

Are ya reading here MD? Snoopy? Let me use one of those big words you love so much. Here we go – let me “reiterate” (look it up) what Texun said and I quote from her/his post (love what you said Texun – hope you don’t mind as it pertains to much more than BNN – after all MD is a guest on BNN for what reason I don’t know?)

“Making your public blog a private-members-only blog is the last step into irrelevance. Jan and Simon are no longer relevant. The faithful few may be sustaining them for now, but sooner or later someone’s gonna hang the dreaded “Do Not Rescusitate” sign on their virtual ICU blogeshere door and that will be that…

Curiouser~~do you know for a fact that InSession dropped MD? You tend to let your imagination run wild.

If you took the time to check, MD did not film a female’s bathroom. It was the men’s washroom. You and your co-horts have been harping on this for months. You are beginning to sound like a broken record.

John G has been asking for comments re Simon and Jan. You have seen an opportunity to use this blog as a format to malign a great blog owner. Your efforts will be all in vain because I don’t think MD will be going anywhere, any time soon. PS, neither will I.

As a matter of fact I do know for a fact that he was dropped by In Session :)

In his JB Park video he states he was in the girls washroom. So was he lying then or now? Did he lie as well as Park Security giving him this info? Of course he did. Lies are his stock & trade.

You really are missing the point we are making about the bathroom portion of his video. If that needs to be explained to you at this point then it is lost on you altogether so no point in bothering to try and explain it further.

A lot of flash-in-the-pan hotshot news bloggers/owners have made the same critical mistake. It’s a death sentence for any blog. They may linger for a while, but after a while even their private readers die of boredom.

Was the above article posted on Radio or BNN? There is no love lost between BNN & KP, so I find it a stretch to assume BNN would allow this post. I could be wrong, but it just doesn’t jive with BNN’s rhetoric.

John- I hope you don’t mind if I post this again on this page because its buried on the previous page- and I’d really like an answer from these two!

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Simon Barrett let the world know what kind of man he is and how low his integrity level is when he invited David Knechel on his radio program, week after week. It is fact that Knechel has cruel to many people by his repulsive and vulgar words and actions. Dave Knechel is a cyber-bully and there IS proof. I was one of his victims. Simon Barrett was given that proof by numerous people and he chose to ignore it and continued to have Dave Knechel on his program.

I’d also like to know why Peter Hyatt, as an investigates allegations of abuse for his state, would tolerate being a guest alongside a known abuser. How would Simon & Peter like it if Dave Knechel falsely labeled their wives as sex offenders and put their names and fake SO information on the internet as he did to someone several months ago? Or if Knechel created web pages about Simon and Peter or their wives, for the sole purpose of calling people cruel names, as Dave Knechel has done on more than one occasion.

Would Simon still allow Knechel on his program is if he called his wife, Jan, a “whore” or “ragging bitch” as Dave has done to others? Would Peter Hyatt still be a co-guest with Dave Knechel if he called Mrs. Hyatt a “lying slut” or a “hormonal bitch” as he has done to other women? I would love a response from Simon Barrett and Peter Hyatt. My question was asked in an appropriate and nice manner and deserves to be answered.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. – Alan Simpson

Glad you posted it again. For the life of me I can’t imagine why anyone with credibility would spend it by appearing on that show. I am shocked he can get any guests.

I hear tell that Crazy Dave called Steph Watts and asked to be a guest on his show. Allegedly Crazy Dave said he wanted to leave Simon’s show because he was ready to take a step up. Truth be told, Dave gets called out constantly in Simon’s chatroom and thats why he is looking for a different show to appear on. It appears Steph Watts response was a simple No Thank You.

I’ll bet you MD would would be stupid enough to appear with them. Although I wonder why he has not come out publicly to support Simon & Jan? Nary a word from him or his gang of bullies that like to monopolize the chat room during the show.

According to http://public.pcso.us/jail/history.aspx Lisa Croslin has been arrested a total of four times in Putnam County since October 2009. One can only wonder at the wisdom of PC LE of not sentencing Lisa to jail for her alledged four law violations. Has LC ever gone to court on these charges? What is PC problem? If Lindsay Lohan can do 13 days in jail, Lisa should have done some time by now.

Anything with a hyperlink in it automatically goes into moderation. I deleted it. I do NOT want to introduce Cobra into this thread, nor anybody else for that matter. Nor, does bathroom humor fly on this blog.

John, you might want to deploy your information… please check this new site out (www.sendcashnow.wordpress.com). Perhaps it is not new to you but thought you should let your readers know exactly who Simon Barrett is. No doubt, this is HIS site. He mentioned foreclosure in his last post and hinted at who it was about.

Wanted to thank a poster here, Curiouser, among others, but he/she led me to the “Hotdog” wordpress site. Oh my! It seems Mr. Barrett is following in Dave Knechel’s footsteps and creating “off-site” blogs to not show his hand in the dirty work.

If you choose not to publish my comment, that’s okay. I’m beyond irrate that instead of publishing a retraction, he does this. Ok, take care, and thanks for giving us a place to vent.

Did you actually read the handful of posts on this brand new Blog? Sendcashnow’s Blog is clearly in favor of KP. One of the posts has a written statement from KP explaining her involvement with foreclosures. If Simon’s Barrett source for info about LC is as accurate as his source for his never published story on foreclosures then you can bank on the idiot being totally wrong about Lisa Croslin. Simon’s interview with LC was probably totally fabricated.

I agree. I thought the same thing, that it was Simon’s site. Who else would take the time or have the time to have a site dedicated to bashing Kim?

The only differecnce is that this site seems to allow comments from those who disagree with the articles. We shall see how long that lasts.

Perhaps its true that Simon got himself in some trouble by bringing down the heat on bnn.

Do we know who really owns bnn and who really runs bnn for sure? And are they the same person? We have all seen the owners info posted on line but is that up to date information? Doesn’t jive with Jan’s profile on btr.

John, We can only hope this will be the case. A real pleasure not to hear a bad english accent, a bolstering has been bounty hunter, a casselberry crackpot and his gaggle that take over the chat room and an analyst with no credentials. I would be curious if TJ showed up after the flooding of letters to the sponsors that pay money to SKY 97.3.
It baffles me that you have people here that run the chat room on the Barrett radio show and go RA! RA! Simon and Dave K, you are the best and then come here and try to blow smoke up your blog. It takes all kinds!
John—hope you get to enjoy the holiday weekend—I have to work! Oh well, I am thankful to have a job in this economy or I would have to be a deadbeat and move in with my folks! Have a great weekend. Raining here.

“On this Blog it is called venting about a group of individuals who have personally violated you in one form or the other, to some extent or the other.”

I’d say Simon Barrett’s “journalist” Dave Knechel sure fits this bill for a lot of people. Simon Barrett gave a cyber-bully and abuser a weekly spot on his show! John never said our conversation was restricted to only Simon and Jan. Like it or not, your friend, Dave Knechel, has said a lot of hurtful and hateful things and done numerous cruel acts to a lot of people. And like it or not, your friend, Dave Knechel, was made a weekly mouth piece on Simon Barrett’s radio show. Knechel’s actions have everything to do with Simon Barrett, as it speaks to his severely-lacking moral character. A lot of us had never heard of Simon and Jan Barrett until we became outraged that they were having Dave “the abuser” Knechel on their program.

If you can defend someone who refers to women as sluts, whores, and bitches–that’s your business but the rest of us sure as heck won’t. But one has to wonder how anyone could defend the actions of a person who has hurt so many people. If John posts that he doesn’t want people discussing Dave Knechel here, the commenters will just go somewhere else. Will you follow them and try to control that blog, too? Besides, if John said to go somewhere else if we want to mention Dave Knechel’s sick acts, you would be the only one left here to blog, Snoopy!

Please quit trying to control what is or is not discussed on John’s blog- it’s none of your business. I know for a fact that if John has a problem with anything the commenters/bloggers here have said, he will let us know, as he has done above regarding Cobra. I think you’re underestimating John’s intelligence; he isin’t as niave as the bloggers at Knechel’s site who blindly believe whatever they’re told– that everyone is lying about except for Dave Knechel and Snoopy.

You don’t get it, Snoopy. Honorable men are disgusted by the way Knechel treats women. In case you hadn’t noticed, John is standing up for what’s right regarding what Simon did to Lisa, so it’s obvious he’s a man of high moral character. I feel sure that John would kick Dave Knechel’s ass if he were to witness Dave being emotionally or verbally abusive to a woman. And that is why Dave Knechel has everything to do with this discussion about Simon and Jan Barrett; no-integrity-Knechel is/was a weekly guest of theirs. What does that say about their character?

Now be gone before someone drops a house on you.

P.S. If you are brave enough Snoopy, would you mind answering these questions: Why do you defend Dave Knechel for calling women horrid names? Is it ok with you or do you just pretend it’s not happening? Why do you defend Dave Knechel labeling another blogger as a sex offender and putting the info on a public blog? Why defend Knechel for calling KH a crossdresser while his son is missing? Do his actions sound like an honorable person to you? Last question: Why do you lie and tell bloggers that Dave Knechel never never did the above mentioned things? I guess it would be pretty easy for you to be accepting of his actions because you’ve done some evil things too. Like saying another blogger has STDs on a public website. Just one of many. You’re both sick.

Wow! I feel much better, now! I’d been holding this in since yesterday!!

There is no confirmation as to what the circumstances are. Why lie? Why not just try to be a decent human being and wish her well. She doesn’t need to be kicked around any more. She has nothing to do with the disappearance/death of Haleigh. You better hope no one close to you gets wrapped up in a public tragedy or you might find your life ridiculed with lies and inuendo and broadcasted to the world.

Apparently John, your point flew right over the head of some of the bloggers here……… Anyone with an ounce of common sense, or any whom actually read the blog, would know that “send cash now” has absolutely nothing to do with simon barrett……. really?? people believe “send cash now” and SB are one and the same????. Every time I think I have seen or read the most nonsensical statement, another blogger pops up and they never ceases to amaze me……..